The Refinery Leadership Partners brought together three extraordinary people for breakfast this morning. The three were :Jerry Grandey, President and CEO, Cameco Corporation, Steve Reid, COO, GoldCorp Inc. and Brian Wideen, COO, Need for Speed at Electronic Arts. They all admitted they are lucky to be in businesses that people will need in the times [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Leadership in mining in tough times according to the Refinery Leadership Partners
Posted in About the news, Gold, Jobs and Salaries, People, Uranium, tagged Cameco, Goldcorp, mining, refinery leadership partners on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What makes a mining expert? Will they survive the downturn?
Posted in About the news, tagged expert, mining on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On category of miner likely to survive the current slaughter is the expert. Is this a statement of fact or a statement of hope? What makes a person an expert? is it simply that you have skills the company cannot afford to loose? Or does it mean that you are so respected in the industry that [...]
An Holistic Focus on Generating Sustainable Mining Change
Posted in About the news, Mining history, People, tagged Anthony Hodges, heor worship, ICMM, Queens University, sustainable mining on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Times like the present have an uncanny way of sorting out the strong from the weak, the canny from the foolish, the privileged from the dispossessed, and the lucky from the unlucky. Right now I think I am just lucky. I know that could change in an instant…..or in the longer term if things get tighter. [...]
What will mining be tomorrow? Sushi talks.
Posted in Environment, Mining history, Reclamation, tagged abondoned mines, aig, Jared Diamond, mining, sushi on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A light drizzle, the rush of Japanese food, and mining friends at lunch. Almost enough to dispel fall gloom and its election results and predictions. Until an insighful friend remarked that one of the worst consequences for mining will be the closing and demise of so many small, marginal mines and junior mining companies. The well-invested investor [...]
Conservatives “win” but it is still bottled tap water for Canadian mines
Posted in About the news, tagged bottled water, Conservatives, mining, NDP, politics, tap water on October 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
News this morning is strangely reassuring: nothing has changed overnight. Two examples: Bottled water is still as contaminated as water out of the tap. In California they found that “the mix of contamination levels were the same as in the local municipal water, indicating that little had been done to further purify the water after [...]
Does mining cause Chandler’s Wobble?
Posted in Enviromental, Global Warming, People, tagged Chandler Wobble, Global Warming, Jerry Aupak, mining on October 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Jerry Aupak sent me a e-mail asking if mining could affect or even cause Chandler’s Wobble. I am serious, there is a valid scientific phenomenon called Chaldler’s Wobble. It is not the name of some childrens’ game or a book by Enid Blyton. Wikipeida, as always provides the most sensible and readable description of Chandler’s Wobble: Here [...]
Venmyn on African mining faults & future
Posted in Environment, People, tagged Africa, mining, Mpai Motloung, South Africa, venmyn on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The following piece is by Mpai Motloung. She works for Venmyn, a South African mining investment company. The piece come via a regular e-mail they send me, and others no doubt. I repeat it in its entirety, for it is a new point of view and one worth considering. This newsletter was entirely inspired by [...]
Mining opera for meaning
Posted in opera, People, tagged Afrikaans, Bellini, Cicero, Donizetti, Eugene Marais, mining, opera, Pauline Smith, Rossini on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have just watched an old, bad movie marginally based on the life and loves of Vincenzo Bellini. Regardless, it put in mind to think of the five people I would like to meet hereafter—for if there is one, it will be based on pleasure and not remorse.
Geotechnical engineers on mines and in mining
Posted in Mining history, People, Software, tagged gemcom, geotechnical engineer, InfoMine, mining, Robertson Geoconsultants, srk on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The website that sponsors this blog also allows me to post more serious writings on the science, technology, and engineering of mining. We have just posted an article on the role of geotechnical engineers on mines and in mining. My co-author is Andy Robertson. It is he who founded Steffan Robertson and Kirsten, Gemcom, and [...]
Mining companies and suppliers tighten, cut, and shelve
Posted in About the news, Jobs and Salaries, opera, tagged hiring freeze, job cuts, mining jobs, opera, Salome on October 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The politics gets dirtier. The economy gets worse. On mines and in companies serving the mines the talk is pessimistic. And cuts are being planned and implemented. Nobody has an overall perspective. Nobody has an overall understanding. But that does not prevent them from acting. Companies serving the mining industry that I know, have done the following: [...]
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